Breakaway adjustable bed system
AssigneeL&P Property Management Company
InventorWILLIAM ROHR
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Abstract
Provided is breakaway adjustable bed system that includes a bed frame and a breakaway system. The bed frame includes at least one breakaway member. The breakaway system includes a coupling assembly, signal mechanism, control box and alarm devices. The coupling assembly includes elements that selectably couple a breakaway member to another member of the bed frame. The control box includes a processing unit that, upon sensing a signal from the coupling assembly or signal mechanism that the selectable coupling between the breakaway member and another member of the bed frame is decoupled, provides an indication to an alarm device. The alarm device sends an alert to a user that the selectable coupling between a breakaway member and a member of the bed frame is decoupled.
Claims20
A breakaway system for alerting a user that a traverse member is detached from at least one lateral member of a bed frame, the breakaway system comprising:
- a coupling assembly that selectively couples the traverse member with the at least one lateral member, wherein the coupling assembly is in communication with a control box;
- a control box that houses a processing unit, wherein the processing unit, upon sensing a signal from the coupling assembly, provides an indication to one or more alarm devices that the selectable coupling between the traverse member and the lateral member is decoupled;
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- the one or more alarm devices that, upon sensing the indication from the processing unit, attempt to send an alert a user that the selectable coupling between the traverse member and the at least one lateral member is decoupled.
A coupling assembly for selectably coupling a traverse member with at least one lateral member of a frame unit for an adjustable bed, the coupling assembly comprising:
- a first element attached to a traverse member;
- a second element attached to the at least one lateral member,
- wherein the second element is configured to release the selective coupling of the first element upon the application of a predefined amount of force to the traverse member.
An adjustable bed capable of alerting a user that a traverse member has broken away, the adjustable bed comprising:
- a frame that houses a motor device coupled to one or more linkages that adjust the adjustable bed, wherein the frame comprises the traverse member and at least one lateral member;
- breakaway system for selectably coupling the traverse member and at least one lateral member, the breakaway system comprising:
- (a) a coupling assembly that includes a first element attached to the traverse member and a second element attached to the at least one lateral member;
- (b) a signal mechanism for detecting the selectable coupling of the traverse member and at least one lateral member, comprising a coupling of a first component and a second component, the first component being attached to the traverse member and the second component being attached to the at least one lateral member, wherein upon a decoupling of the first and second component the signal is sent to a control box;
- (c) the control box that houses a processing device, wherein the processing unit, upon sensing a signal from at least one of the coupling assembly or the signal mechanism that the selectable coupling between the traverse member and the at least one lateral member is decoupled, provides an indication to one or more alarm devices;
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- (d) the one or more alarm devices that, upon sensing the indication from the processing unit, sends an alert to the user communicating that the selectable coupling between the traverse member and the at least one lateral member is decoupled.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.